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Decision 15 COM VIII
SOC: Royal Chitwan National Park (Nepal)

Royal Chitwan National Park (Nepal)

The Committee was pleased to note that the Irrigation Department and the Nepal Planning Commission have formally dropped their plans for a US$30 million irrigation project to divert the Rapti River which would have seriously threatened the integrity of this Park. A study undertaken by the Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank, following the intervention of the Committee, showed the project was environmentally unacceptable and its economic benefits to be doubtful. The Committee commended the Nepalese authorities for taking decisive action for the conservation of this site.

Decision Code
15 COM VIII
Themes
Conservation
States Parties 1
Properties 1
Year
1991
State of conservation reports
1991 Chitwan National Park
Documents
SC-91/CONF.002/15
Report of the World Heritage Committee
Context of Decision
SC-91/CONF.002/4
SC-91/CONF.002/4 Add.
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